Plants Catching the eye in 2017

[LONGK]

I just found this about growing Disa...............
http://www.daveparkinsonplants.co.uk/grow.htm

I guess that they're removed from water at OBG for display before being taken back to the growing on houses.

[charlie]

Grinding my teeth here at the Eucomis, saw a lovely stand at Tremenheere recently and yours look lovely below is a picture of what I get, (this clump has been in the ground 10 years plus)

eucomis comosa 002 by charliepridham, on Flickr

Snails - dont you just love them!

[LONGK]

Grinding my teeth here at the Eucomis, saw a lovely stand at Tremenheere recently and yours look lovely below is a picture of what I get, (this clump has been in the ground 10 years plus)

eucomis comosa 002 by charliepridham, on Flickr

Snails - dont you just love them!

They tend to leave my Eucomis as they find my Ismene and Tricyrtis far tastier. The Ismene in particular were devastated this year :evil:

[charlie]

Bit of a suckering habit Buddleja lindleyana but the Butterflies seem to like it as much as the davidii sorts. Question - what is the correct spelling of Buddleja? I have always j but I see many publications using i?

Buddleja lindleyana 007 by charliepridham, on Flickr


The only clematis hybrid which I have come across that uses our native "Old Mans Beard" as one of its parents, Clematis x jouiniana praecox is as you can imagine a plant which will cope with rotten growing conditions including dry shade

clematis x jouiniana praecox 003 by charliepridham, on Flickr

I love the cool elegance of these Gladiolus papilio, this year they have been allowed to grow up through some cistus and as a result have remained upright, correcting their only real fault as a plant (a tendency to fall over)

Gladiolus papilio 005 by charliepridham, on Flickr

[JohnJearrard]

Lovely Buddleja, the name is a constant source of irritation to me. It commemorates the Rev. Adam Buddle and nowadays it would be latinised as Buddleia. Unfortunately it was first published by Linnaeus in 1753 and in those days a 'j' was conventionaly used to represent a long 'i' as in "elite" (pronounced 'ee' so Buddle-ee-a).
Nowadays there is a loose convention that you pronounce every letter in a latinised name and people read the 'i' as a 'j', leading to Buddle-jar which is entirely wrong. In Linnaeus time the 'j' represents a long 'i' not 'J'.
We have to abide by the original spelling so we say Buddle-ee-a and write Buddle-jar.
Very irritating.
I don't know of any Japanese breeders of Buddleja. They must find it totally incomprehensible.

[charlie]

Lovely Buddleja, the name is a constant source of irritation to me. It commemorates the Rev. Adam Buddle and nowadays it would be latinised as Buddleia. Unfortunately it was first published by Linnaeus in 1753 and in those days a 'j' was conventionaly used to represent a long 'i' as in "elite" (pronounced 'ee' so Buddle-ee-a).
Nowadays there is a loose convention that you pronounce every letter in a latinised name and people read the 'i' as a 'j', leading to Buddle-jar which is entirely wrong. In Linnaeus time the 'j' represents a long 'i' not 'J'.
We have to abide by the original spelling so we say Buddle-ee-a and write Buddle-jar.
Very irritating.
I don't know of any Japanese breeders of Buddleja. They must find it totally incomprehensible.

Well I use a "J" but don't pronounce it! Plant finder and my plant name dictionary are J's but my old Hillier's goes with an "I" I am not normally in favour of changing plant names but it would seem reasonable in this case. I have one Clematis cultivar with a J 'Aljonushka' but that is allowed to be Alionushka' both are acceptable apparently.

[charlie]

The Magnolia which has been trying to flower for some weeks now has finally been given a chance by some half decent weather to look and smell good!

Magnolia grandiflora 002 by charliepridham, on Flickr

I was sad last year to get no flowers on the Amaryllis, this year I spotted the reason and killed the snails that were mowing the flower stems off as fast as they appeared - Who needs Rabbits with snails this bad?

Amarylis belladona 001 by charliepridham, on Flickr

[charlie]

Its a shame that seeing some of these plants flower means the year is progressing rapidly down hill but despite that I look forward to them every year :)

heptacodium by charliepridham, on Flickr

hedychium gardenerianum by charliepridham, on Flickr

(I know its had its name changed but I am too idle to look it up!)

eupatorium ligustrinium by charliepridham, on Flickr

cobaea pringlei by charliepridham, on Flickr

clematis rehderiana by charliepridham, on Flickr

tetrapanax by charliepridham, on Flickr

pileostegia viburnoides by charliepridham, on Flickr

lemon queen by charliepridham, on Flickr

Plus a couple of experiments being tried out on a south wall

pandora jasminoides by charliepridham, on Flickr

ipomoae indica by charliepridham, on Flickr

[charlie]

Off down to Tremenheere tomorrow for the Rare plant sale, not selling our stuff just lending a hand had a quick wander this evening and the usual suspects are trying to be fetching despite the weather (which is very windy!)

passiflora betty myles young 020 by charliepridham, on Flickr

lavatera maritima 024 by charliepridham, on Flickr

tibouchina paratropica 018 by charliepridham, on Flickr

[LONGK]

Been away a lot for work so a little catching up to do............

Gladiolus pappilo is quite common apparently but boogered if I can find it around here. I must make the effort next year as it is lovely.

Clematis rehderiana is a gem! And I'm green with envy over Tibouchina paratropica.

A few things from the last few weeks;

The climbing Aconitum volubile............
Aconitum volubile by longk48, on Flickr

Eucomis 'Sparkling Burgundy'..............
Eucomis comosa 'Sparkling Burgundy' by longk48, on Flickr

Alstroemeria isabella "Fred Meyer"...............
Alstroemeria isabella "Fred Meyer" by longk48, on Flickr

Tricyrtis formosana 'Dark Beauty' is a spectacularly nice form.............
Tricyrtis formosana 'Dark Beauty' by longk48, on Flickr

Salvia ammarissima..............
Salvia ammarissima by longk48, on Flickr

And saving the best until last, Swainsona formosa..............
Swainsona formosa by longk48, on Flickr